Built Resources
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RCS workshops have manufactured a lot over the years, and some of those things have been kept due to their usefulness. There are modular decking systems, braces, treads, revolves, flats and all manner of other goodies that can be used to make a production more sustainable or make bigger impact shows for much less money.
The resources mentioned below are held in two containers. One if on-site, just outside the workshop doors. The other is off-site and held at Gilmours yard in Kilsyth. Generally speaking the heavier items, such as the modular items of deck, large treads, and revolves are held in the off-site container, whilst the on-site container holds things likely to be used more readily, like flats and materials.
As well as the images and dimensions below, there are Vectorworks files available for most items. These are housed on the RCS Vectorworks Team, Teams page. If you require another CAD format, please get in touch with your PM, Steve MacLuskie or Malcolm Stephen, who will make one for you.
There are many other modular resources of Flats, Treads, Steel Deck and Truss that are not mentioned here but can be viewed by clicking their link, or under the Stage Equipment heading.
On-Site Container
Large Flats
Merrily Treads
Weird deck with 45 in it
Pass-through braces
Off-Site Container
Chess Deck
The Chess Deck was created for the Chess the Musical in 2017. It consists of 8 large decks at the standard 2440 x 1220mm and 4 smaller decks that are sized to work with the Chess Towers. These are 1220 x 1120mm.
Currently, 6 of the large decks and all of the small decks are topped in 2 layers of 18mm spruce plywood.
There are also 28x deck legs that create a platform at 2600mm high. These must be combined with the Chess Towers listed below (in consultation with the relevant production departments) for stability. These are made from 60 x 60mm box steel, with a 48.3mm scaffold top for socketing into the deck. They also (mostly) have a large square footplate that can screw to the floor.
Stock List
6x - 2440 x 1220mm - Topped with 2x spruce plywood - 100kg per deck
2x - 2440 x 1220mm - Un-topped - 50kg per deck
4x - 1220 x 1120mm - Topped with 2x spruce plywood - 46kg per deck
Chess Towers
Again created for Chess the Musical in 2017, these towers, when combined with the Chess Decks, can create a variety of platforms at 2600mm high. These have been used to make platforms in many productions since they were built, such as Die Fledermaus, Dead Man Walking, Perkin Warbeck and, when combined with the Chess Treads below, as get-offs in productions like Middletown and City of Angels.
The towers are made from 4 frames that are bolted together. These frames come in 2 different heights and 2 different widths. The shorter of the two frames is just the supporting structure, whilst the taller frames support, but also add a handrail to the tower.
There are enough frames for 6 towers, though there are only 4 tower decks. This was due to more towers being required for Giulio Cesare.
Stock
Support Frames
6x - 1220mm - 26kg each
6x - 1120mm - 25kg each
Handrail Frames
6x - 1220mm - 36kg each
6x - 1120mm - 35kg each
Chess Treads
There are 4 large Chess Treads. These have a finished height of 2600mm. There are 7 handrails for these, so if all 4 treads were to be required for a show, it is likely that another handrail woudl need to be constructed.
Socket Deck
This deck was built for the musical Urinetown. It is built from 100 x 50mm box steel, so is very robust. It has leg sockets inset into the frame underneath that protrude 105mm below the edge of the deck, and handrail sockets, that sit 182mm above the top of the deck, on each corner. Having the handrail sockets all around means that the deck is best suited to making platforms that are either 1220mm or 2440mm wide, with handrail.
There are two sizes of deck as listed in the stock list below.
Stock
8x - 1220 x 2440mm - 92kg per deck
2x - 1220 x 1780mm - 77.5kg per deck
Revolves
Big Revolve
Small Revolve
Big Ring